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CANDIDE, OU L'OPTIMISME [Two Parts in One]
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CANDIDE, OU L'OPTIMISME [Two Parts in One] Hardcover - 1761

by Voltaire

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Geneve: [n.p.], 1761. Pirated Edition. Hardcover. 12mo., 234, [4], 133, [3]. In Very Good condition. Bound in full contemporary acid-washed calf. Spine paneled with gilt tooling. Some light wear, primarily to the hinges, corners, and head and tail of spine. Edges of text block dyed red. Marbled endpapers. Light age-toning to interior. Part One with a woodcut title vignette of Hermes and Part Two with a deer. Scarce. Shelved case 3. Apparently unrecorded piracy. Not in Bengesco. Printing and the Mind of Man 204. Published surreptitiously in 1759, that year featured at least seventeen different printings and editions. The second part of Candide is generally attributed to either Thorel de Campigneulles or Henri Joseph Du Laurens, first published in 1760. The second part of Candide was often reprinted after the first, even though it was known to be apocryphal. 1370752. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
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